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Incidents: funding and ownership pressure, outcome sustained

Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.

12 incidents match this view.

Country: United States (3) Russia (2) El Salvador (1) Slovakia (1) Georgia (1) Argentina (1) Cambodia (1) Poland (1) Hungary (1)

Continent: Europe (5) North America (4) Asia (2) South America (1)

Tactic: Funding and ownership pressure (12) Licensing and closure of outlets (5) Official labels (2) Lawsuits against the press (1)

Outcome: Sustained (12)

Level: National (12)

Head of government: Donald Trump (3) Vladimir Putin (2) Nayib Bukele (1) Robert Fico (1) Irakli Kobakhidze (1) Javier Milei (1) Hun Sen (1) Beata Szydlo (1) Viktor Orban (1)

DateIncidentCountryTacticHead of governmentOutcome
August 4, 2026Russia: law on asset freezes and service denials for exiled "foreign agents", August 2026RussiaOfficial labelsVladimir PutinSustained (August 4, 2026)
April 2026El Salvador: freeze on assets of shareholders in El Faro's parent company, February to April 2026El SalvadorFunding and ownership pressureNayib BukeleSustained (May 8, 2026)
July 24, 2025FCC approves Paramount-Skydance merger after CBS ombudsman and anti-DEI pledgesUnited StatesFunding and ownership pressureDonald TrumpSustained (July 24, 2025)
July 18, 2025Congress cuts $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcastingUnited StatesFunding and ownership pressureDonald TrumpSustained (July 18, 2025)
April 22, 202560 Minutes executive producer resigns, citing lost editorial independenceUnited StatesFunding and ownership pressureDonald TrumpSustained (April 22, 2025)
June 20, 2024Slovakia's parliament dissolves public broadcaster RTVS, replaces it with STVRSlovakiaLicensing and closure of outletsRobert FicoSustained (July 4, 2024)
May 28, 2024Georgia enacts 'foreign influence' law requiring media to register as foreign-backedGeorgiaOfficial labelsIrakli KobakhidzeSustained
March 4, 2024Milei's government shuts down Argentina's state news agency TelamArgentinaFunding and ownership pressureJavier MileiSustained
September 4, 2017Cambodia's government forces the closure of The Cambodia Daily with a disputed multimillion-dollar tax billCambodiaLicensing and closure of outletsHun SenSustained (September 4, 2017)
December 31, 2015Poland's new government gains power to replace public broadcaster leadership, and journalists are dismissedPolandFunding and ownership pressureBeata SzydloSustained (December 31, 2019)
December 21, 2010Hungary's parliament gives a government-appointed media council power to fine outlets for unbalanced coverageHungaryFunding and ownership pressureViktor OrbanSustained (January 1, 2011)
April 14, 2001State-controlled Gazprom takes formal control of Russia's independent NTV television networkRussiaFunding and ownership pressureVladimir PutinSustained (April 14, 2001)
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